Yang Yue's eyes were already blazing with anger from the stimulation, and even the red marks on her face seemed to become even hotter, causing her unbearable pain.

She held the bowl in her hands, gripping the chopsticks tightly as if she were about to rush up and tear Du Yujiao apart at any moment. But Du Yujiao still refused to stop, single-mindedly stabbing Yang Yue in the heart.

"When I first heard from Lin, the educated youth, that you bullied Xie, the educated youth, on the train, I didn't quite believe it. But now it seems... it might be true!"

"Otherwise, why would Xie Zhiqing not even bother to talk to you?"

“Everyone else bought their own pots, pans, and everything else. When several people cook together, they all bring their own rations and canned meat. They even know to exchange vegetables with the villagers. How come you only contribute some cornmeal? You don’t even buy your own bowls and chopsticks and use ours!”

"You're so greedy, no wonder you had a falling out with Xie, the educated youth. You even managed to get yourself into a fight with someone as generous as him. Could it be because you tried to take advantage of Xie but failed?"

"To be honest, Yang, you haven't thought this through. Why do you have to bully her? Xie's family is well-off; even if she only has a little bit of money left over, it should be enough for you. If you had just tried to curry favor with her from the beginning, would you be in this situation now?"

"Look at how glamorous Xie and Lin are, while you... people who don't know better would think someone is abusing Yang."

"I noticed that Jiang, Pei, and Chen have been ignoring you and only hanging around Xie and Lin. They must be annoyed by your opportunistic behavior... Ah! Yang Yue, you dare to hit me?!"

Du Yujiao was abruptly interrupted, and the pain made her cover her head in disbelief. She hadn't expected that Yang Yue, who had clearly been slapped yesterday but had endured it silently, would now attack her.

Two pieces of vegetable soup, mixed with some vegetable leaves, clung to Du Yujiao's hair, and the bowl and chopsticks fell to the ground with a thud. Yang Yue didn't hold back at all, and a large bump immediately swelled up on Du Yujiao's forehead.

Du Yujiao couldn't believe it and was unwilling to back down like this, so she suddenly turned to the side and grabbed the fire poker next to the stove to crack Yang Yue's head open.

Yang Yue couldn't dodge in time and was hit twice on the forehead and shoulder by Du Yujiao. There was no need to dodge the rest of the sticks, because Du Yujiao had already been restrained.

……

Perhaps it was finally hitting Yang Yue's sore spot. Hearing her mention Jiang Xiucheng, Yang Yue inevitably thought of the look of disgust and indifference in Jiang Xiucheng's eyes when she looked at him by the river yesterday.

This was something that Yang Yue, who genuinely loved Jiang Xiucheng, could not tolerate.

Yang Yue, who had just experienced ups and downs yesterday, didn't intend to cause any more trouble today. However, Du Yujiao kept nagging on and on. Taking this opportunity, Yang Yue, who had been repeatedly frustrated by Yun Shu, decided to stop suppressing her frustration.

"If I can't handle those two, I can at least deal with you!" Yang Yue rushed up and grabbed Du Yujiao's hair and face, but she didn't forget to put on a look of forbearance, probably thinking that if things got out of hand, she could still complain about her grievances.

Du Yujiao didn't just sit idly by. She let out a shrill scream like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, then she lashed out with her fingers like claws and grabbed Yang Yue's hair...

Smashing bowls and swinging sticks has escalated to pulling hair and scratching faces, which may seem more primitive, but in reality, the damage is greater.

The screams rose and fell, finally attracting the attention of Yun Shu and the others who had already finished eating.

It had escalated to this point and could no longer be defined as a mere quarrel. If word got out and the brigade leader found out, the two girls fighting was a minor matter, but if news of discord among the educated youth spread, coupled with causing trouble during the busy farming season and delaying the autumn harvest, thus causing trouble for the brigade leader, then it would be a much bigger issue.

They had already witnessed how the intolerant brigade leader could make things difficult for others, and they didn't want to experience it themselves. Therefore, the older educated youths who were watching the commotion stopped watching and put down their bowls and chopsticks to come over and mediate.

Some people grabbed Yang Yue, some pulled Du Yujiao, trying to separate the two immediately. The older woman who gave Yang Yue peppermint oil yesterday ran into the house to find safflower oil. Some even ran to close the door, trying to prevent the neighbors from noticing the commotion and reporting it to the brigade leader.

However, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.

It's too late to close now.

The two, who were slowly getting into a real fight, couldn't separate until a sharp shout came from outside.

"What are you doing! Stop it, all of you!"

It was Captain Xie, followed by a large group of team members who valued watching the excitement more than taking a midday break.

……

Forget about mosquitoes, the brigade leader's brows were so furrowed they could kill someone. Encountering such a nasty thing on the first day of the autumn harvest, Brigade Leader Xie, who had also been exhausted all morning, was about to explode.

He strode in, kicking the door open. Du Yujiao and Yang Yue, who had been inseparable just moments before, silently let go of each other's hands.

The team members didn't dare to come in, so they climbed over the wall and jumped around to watch the excitement. Behind Captain Xie were the team's accountant, scorekeeper, and women's director.

As he passed by Yun Shu and her group, who were holding bowls that hadn't been washed yet and were watching the commotion with great interest, he felt a lump in his throat. On one hand, he felt relieved that these people weren't causing trouble, but on the other hand, he was annoyed by their way of watching the spectacle.

He was unaware that the whole farce had started with Yun Shu.

The captain arrived, and things, which were difficult to resolve, had to be made easier. No one dared to say anything more, and Yang Yue and Du Yujiao took turns defending themselves.

Of course, the whole thing started because they were jealous that Yun Shu and the others were eating better than them. Before that, they wanted to take advantage of the gathering. And before that, Yang Yue tried to sabotage Yun Shu's election as a broadcaster and sneak into the brigade headquarters to steal things.

Stealing was definitely something she couldn't admit; if people found out, she'd be in serious trouble, if not dead. Therefore, even though Du Yujiao pointed out that the injury on Yang Yue's face was abnormal, Yang Yue stubbornly insisted that she had accidentally injured herself while killing insects.

In the end, Du Yujiao, who started the trouble, was forced to apologize, have her work points deducted, and write a self-criticism. Yang Yue took the initiative first, and the same procedure was followed.

The two women, who were not particularly confident, were not too bothered by the self-criticism and apology, but when they heard that they would be deducted ten work points, their faces turned pale, because it affected their year-end rations.

But in front of the captain, neither of them dared to cause trouble, and could only reluctantly agree, each harboring even deeper hatred for the other.

Even though they've already fallen out to this extent, the two of them can't go their separate ways because they don't have the money.

Lunch in the main room passed by in a daze, with few people eating their fill. Yun Shu, who was the catalyst for the incident, didn't care about the dark and hateful look in Yang Yue's eyes. She turned around, went to the well to wash the dishes, and then went back to take a nap.

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